Brunch with Jesus—part 6
Matthew
4:19 states, “And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of
men” and Mark 1:17 records, “And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I
will make you to become fishers of men.”
The disciple’s brunch with Jesus reinforced Jesus’ desire for Christians
to do more than sing about fishing for men.
If we have brunch with Him he will also remind us that we must become
“fishers of men”; that proof of love is proof of new spiritual life; and that
proof of love involves much more than musical rhetoric about loving Him. Some
of our worship musicing, when we brunch with Jesus, should be a call to
becoming “fishers of men” and to Christian service by renewing our vow to
present ourselves as living sacrifices unto God. Although Christ had called His disciples to
serving others long before His suffering, death and resurrection, He took the
time to appear this third appearance to His disciples to have brunch with them
and remind them again that loving and worshiping Him involves loving and
serving others.
The
purpose of my posts about having brunch with Jesus is not about downplaying the
singing of praises to the blessed Trinity.
I want to make it very clear that having brunch with Jesus should
include bestowing sincere lavish praise on the triune God that we love and
serve. However, I am convinced that Jesus desires that we show Him our love and
worship by loving and serving others.
Therefore, a part of having brunch with Jesus should not only involve
our praise responses to Him, but also our allowing Jesus to not only feed our
souls but also talk to us about what really matters to Him.
Thought
for the Day
God does not desire for you to bring
him a dead lifeless musical offering, but rather, He desires only living
breathing sacrifices “which is your reasonable service.”
Song
for the Day Savior Like a
Shepherd Lead Us attributed
to Dorothy A Thrupp
Prayer
for the Day
My precious Father I love to fish for men but
I am not very good at it. If I ever get any
better at fishing for men I must take the opportunity to Have brunch with You
Jesus so that I can learn where you want me to fish. Lord, I confess that I come empty to your
brunch most of the time. Please help me
to come more prepared to come into Your presence. I confess that I am so
needy. please give me spiritual
sustenance so that I will be able to fish for men. This I am earnestly asking
in Your sufficient name. Amen
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